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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 3:16:58 GMT -5
If Penfold ever pops up for a visit it's the voles, rabbits and sheep that'll need to watch what kind of stuffing's going on about the place. Did you know that a Penfold can squeeze through a hole the size of a slug. No. But I had heard that bits of him are so diminutive that they are able to squeeze through some holes in a mouse. Lets just say his forum name here smells of compensation, shall we? |
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 3:19:43 GMT -5
Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.
A monotreme is a animal that lays eggs and suckles its young. The world's only monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.
The male platypus has a poisonous spine that can kill a dog and inflict immense pain on a human.
When a specimen of the platypus was first sent to England, it was believed the Australians had played a joke by sewing the bill of a duck onto a rat.
Box Jelly fish - The box jellyfish is considered the world's most venomous marine creature. The box jellyfish has killed more people in Australia than stonefish, sharks and crocodiles combined.
The Sydney Funnelweb spider is considered the world's most deadly spider. It is the only spider that has killed people in less than 2 hours. Its fangs are powerful enough to bite through gloves and fingernails. The only animals without immunity to the funnelweb's venom are humans, apes and monkeys.
Lung fish - Queensland is home to lung fish, a living fossil from the Triassic period 350 million years ago.
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Post by philipkduck on Apr 10, 2012 3:19:59 GMT -5
More weird facts about Australia: The Australian Lyre Bird is the world's best imitator; able to mimic the calls of 15 different species of birds in their locality and string the calls into a melody. Also been known to mimic the sound mobile phones. The Scotsman can mimic human speech. |
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 3:22:29 GMT -5
More weird facts about Australia: The Australian Lyre Bird is the world's best imitator; able to mimic the calls of 15 different species of birds in their locality and string the calls into a melody. Also been known to mimic the sound mobile phones. The Scotsman can mimic human speech. Nah. I've heard them. That's not human the sound they make. "its a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht?" Human? Aye nay ken yer meanin' there pal. |
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Post by admin on Apr 10, 2012 11:58:54 GMT -5
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Post by bigwillybear on Apr 10, 2012 12:40:10 GMT -5
The platypus is the only mammal that lays omelettes
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 14:29:01 GMT -5
Cute as the dickens aren't they? |
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 14:30:16 GMT -5
One of my weird facts about Australia is a bald faced lie and a troll btw. And no one has yet mentioned seeing anything untoward.
LMAO
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Post by Tofu DeBeast on Apr 10, 2012 14:38:47 GMT -5
One of my weird facts about Australia is a bald faced lie and a troll btw. And no one has yet mentioned seeing anything untoward. LMAO That's the thing with Oz - it's so weird that it's hard to say what is real and what is fake about it. Talk about a misfit and a trouble maker, just like some of the elements here on BC. Better off when it was still part of Antartica, I say. Now there's a continent that knows its place! |
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Post by Tofu DeBeast on Apr 10, 2012 14:44:35 GMT -5
Animals with pockets - what do they got to hide, eh? Sounds suspicious to me.
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Post by admin on Apr 10, 2012 14:51:26 GMT -5
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Post by philipkduck on Apr 10, 2012 14:54:29 GMT -5
One of my weird facts about Australia is a bald faced lie and a troll btw. And no one has yet mentioned seeing anything untoward. LMAO Drop bear my arse. |
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 14:55:28 GMT -5
No. That's absolutely true. The Royal Institute were certain they had been japed. It wasn't till they started to try and pull the beak off, thinking it was sewn on that they realised it was an actual animal. lol Guess again.  Yanks are so easy to troll on Aust. |
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Post by StormInateacup on Apr 10, 2012 14:56:56 GMT -5
One of my weird facts about Australia is a bald faced lie and a troll btw. And no one has yet mentioned seeing anything untoward. LMAO Drop bear my arse. Give the duck some karma points. Sir Duck...a learned little bit of poultry you are. ETA: 5 points!! Well played old boy.  |
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Post by admin on Apr 10, 2012 14:59:46 GMT -5
You do know that calling a Southern Boy a Yank is an insult, right?
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